Congratulations to Mihir Wanchoo (Texas), Cath Stevenson (California) and Bryce Bell (Colorado) who were all randomly selected to win a SET of Elizabeth Bear’sPromethean Age series including copies of “Whiskey & Water”, “Blood & Iron”, “Ink & Steel” and “Hell & Earth”, all courtesy of Roc Books!!!

Last spring, Robert Jordan announced a competition on his blog where artists would have the opportunity to submit original artwork based on the Wheel of Time® for inclusion in a 2009 calendar.

He wrote, “I know there is some really professional quality work because I have seen it. Style doesn’t matter in this. Manga, hyper-realism, current cover-art. Whatever. Anything and everything is acceptable as a possibility. It will be the quality that counts, not the style. If you want to try it the way you think Rembrandt would have done it, go for it.”

Robert Jordan personally conducted the final judging and selected the 12 images that appear in the 2009 Wheel of Time® Calendar just a few days before he passed away on September 16th, 2007, from the rare blood disease, amyloidosis. The pieces chosen symbolize the devotion that readers have to Robert Jordan and to the rich world he created. They are (in alphabetical order):